Have you been in a situation where you feel so dejected with dating that you’re ready to give up. “There just aren’t any good guys out there anymore,” you lament. Bad relationships will do this to you. After a while of dating Mr Wrong and Mr Cheater, it’s so easy to quit the dating scene … Read more
We love and like the depiction of African royalty in African movies. We admire the display of wealth, power, majesty and the honor and respect the kings and queens received from the people. Olu Jacobs is one of my favorite actors, with his powerful and distinguished voice and physical statute. While in reality some Africans … Read more
Jonathan Taylor Thomas was always the ’90s heartthrob we needed, but never the one we deserved. We were lucky to have him in our midst. We take this opportunity to celebrate him because today is a monumental day: It is the 25th anniversary of the premiere of Home Improvement. It was a quarter century ago … Read more
Come out, come out, wherever you are. For the parents of a Mormon missionary from Utah in the United States, that phrase has new meaning. For the last twelve years, Kathleen and Roy Sneddon hoped and prayed their son, David, lived. In 2004, Chinese officials in Yunnan province informed the Sneddons that their then 24-year-old … Read more
We love and like the depiction of African royalty in African movies. We admire the display of wealth, power, majesty and the honor and respect the kings and queens received from the people. Olu Jacobs is one of my favorite actors, with his powerful and distinguished voice and physical statute. While in reality some Africans … Read more
US playwright Edward Albee, the author of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, has died aged 88. Albee’s assistant said he died on Friday at his home on Long Island near New York. No cause of death was given. A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was arguably America’s greatest living playwright after the deaths of Arthur … Read more
By James Kofi Annan Dear Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur, a while ago, while you were addressing the 42nd General Council meeting of the Church of Pentecost, you charged Christians in the country to criticize your government if they see that things are going wrong. I am currently far away touring the globe, and … Read more
Fans of this season’s “America’s Got Talent” were probably not all that surprised by the winner. Twelve-year-old singer-songwriter Grace VanderWaal was an early front-runner, and she was crowned the winner Wednesday. VanderWaal sobbed as her name was announced, and judge Howie Mandel, who granted her entrance into the competition via the golden buzzer, rushed to … Read more
Today, 15 September, is International Day of Democracy (IDD). It is the ninth commemoration since 2007 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 62/7, deciding that every 15th September should be observed as the international Day of Democracy. Last year, 2015, the IDD focusing on “Space for Civil Society”, emphasized the role of ordinary … Read more
Just a few days after having a heated debate on disclosing the health status of presidential candidates before elections, news burst out about Hillary Clinton and her pneumonia diagnosis. The issue has been a topic on media circles this whole week, and it is refusing to be a nontrivial matter as election is fast approaching. … Read more
Leila Djansi’s latest film, ‘Like Cotton Twines’, continues to blaze the festival trail after a sold-out world premiere at the Los Angeles film festival in June. Following that, the film is an official selection to the Urban World Film Festival alongside the much anticipated ‘Queen of Katwe’ which stars, Lupita N’yongo. Visionary filmmaker Ava Duvernay … Read more
Dear Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur, a while ago, while you were addressing the 42nd General Council meeting of the Church of Pentecost, you charged Christians in the country to criticize your government if they see that things are going wrong. I am currently far away touring the globe, and I initially wanted to … Read more
Members of the public are being invited to spend a penny in a solid gold toilet at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum. Italian artist and sculptor Maurizio Cattelan created the fully functional 18-carat gold lavatory, which he has titled America. The, ahem, interactive exhibit has been installed in one of the Guggenheim’s public bathrooms, reports … Read more
There is currently a lot of noise in Ghana regarding the above. The noise regards who has released one, when and to what extent they matter. A manifesto is ” A public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.” Tiatiatia. Of course, there are manifestos … Read more
By Nana Yaw Osei The IMANI Ghana’s quick rebuttal to Dr. Bawumia’s assessment on the state of Ghana’s economy presents some questions: Did IMANI seek expert’s advice from economists or they assented to solipsism? Where did IMANI get their data to quickly uncover the pitfalls in the aforesaid analysis? When we experience physical malady, it … Read more
The IMANI Ghana’s quick rebuttal to Dr. Bawumia’s assessment on the state of Ghana’s economy presents some questions. Did IMANI seek expert’s advice from economists or they assented to solipsism? Where did IMANI get their data to quickly uncover the pitfalls in the aforesaid analysis? When we experience physical malady it is only a physician … Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U. S. military from a restive southern island, fearing an American troop presence could complicate offensives against Islamist militants notorious for beheading Westerners. Duterte, who was in the spotlight last week over his televised tirade against the United States and President Barack Obama, said … Read more
I believe the ‘Change Begins With Me,’ campaign inaugurated recently by President Muhammadu Buhari has failed, if not dead on arrival. Buhari had, in his speech at the inauguration, said before Nigerians could see the change he promised, during the 2015 election campaign, they must first change their attitudes by shunning corruption and other social … Read more
In this 21st century, Africa does not have dynamic leaders that can meaningfully challenge adverse world policies affecting its people on the continent or in the diaspora. There is no equivalence of the 1960s and the ’70s who led most of the African states out of the clutches of imperialism and bondage into independence. The … Read more
French soldiers in Lalain France, in 1794, reported a Rain of Toads. The 2016 presidential race makes one nostalgic for such relative normality. Underneath the media’s current Rain of Toads this election turns on the question of whether Trump or Clinton can better restore the American Dream. Good. Michael Tomasky writing recently in The New … Read more